Re: [Diversity] IETF Diversity Update

[Fernando Gont <[e-mail]>]

On 12/15/2015 12:45 PM, SM wrote:
> Hi Fernando, Vinayak, Alejandro,
> At 00:42 15-12-2015, Fernando Gont wrote:
>> I'm not they "you" you meant :-), but I can provide names:
> 
> Fernando, thanks for providing the information.
> 
>> That said, I don't think "lack of awareness" is the real problem here.
> 
> From http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/diversity/current/msg00700.html
> 
>   'kind of got the feeling that that there was the intent to do
>    something about it, but for the most part it was "energy spent
>    without careful analysis of what the underlying problem was".'
> 
> From
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/diversity/current/msg00695.html I
> read that the agencies providing funding for countries in Latin America
> do not find it useful to spend money on IETF standardisation work.
> 
> The statistics provided by Jari Arkko measures IETF Contributions in
> terms of RFC authorship.  I could be a WG Secretary/Chair; that has less
> "value" unless I am interested in becoming An Area Director.

Not sure what you mean by "has less value"...


> A
> company/agency would view it useful if it derives a benefit from having
> a person in that position.
> 
> What is your opinion about the above?

Not sure I understand the question.

If it is "for companies/agencies, what is of more value? authoring
documents or a management position?", then the answer would be "it
depends on the company/agency, and varies a lot from one to another".


If the question is what *I* think i of more value, then I'd say that
it's similar as asking "what's of more value for a car? the sparks, the
fuel, or the carburetor?". i.e., unless all parts work properly, the car
doesn't work, or you get suboptimal performace, or the car eventually
breaks, etc...


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